Earl Leofric of Shrewsbury

Earl Leofric of Shrewsbury (815-) was the Earl of Shrewsbury.

Biography
Earl Leofric of Shrewsbury was born in 815 to the House of Wiglafing, and he was an Anglo-Saxon Christian. He was the brother of Aethelred Leofricsson, who was captured by King Ivar the Boneless of Sudreyjar during the invasion of England by the Great Heathen Army in 867. He was married to Countess Beorhtgifu of Shrewsbury.